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The color authority R.M. Evans (1905–1974) pointed out that the word color “as it is used in ordinary speech ... has many different meanings” [Ref. 2.1, p. 173]. Even in the scientific domains of chemistry, physics, and psychology it has different specialized meanings.
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Agoston, G.A. (1987). The Concept of Color. In: Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34734-7_2
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